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Monday, April 8, 2013

A Teeny, Tiny Little Mouse

One of the new sets from The Alley Way Stamps includes this cute little mouse. I really wanted to use him but I just wasn't having any brainstorms. So, as usual, I started flipping through the current challenges. First I saw Freshly Made Sketches - and it was a great fit because the cute little mouse comes with a tag and the sketch includes a shape in the corner!! But I was still stuck. Then I got to Inkspirational and saw the colors were "slate" (a mouse color), "pink" (a nose color) and "banana" (a perfect accent). I so love challenges!!

I am guessing that the good people at Inkspirational had thought they would see a little more pink on the cards. But I have to tell you that originally I only had a pink nose. Then because it just didn't seem like enough for the challenge, I came up with the idea of dots so one could be pink - and I LOVE them!!

My plan for this is a baby card - but my husband just snorted when I said I was adding something like "Welcome, Little One" - he didn't think anybody would want to welcome a mouse!! Then I suggested a cute sentiment from a different TAWS set. The set is All About You and the sentiment says "Everything little thing is going to be alright." My husband snorted twice at that and said that no one with a mouse wanted it be alright.

So I have absolutely no idea what this card will be used for!?

But that little mouse is still pretty darn cute!

Stamps: The Alley Way Stamps Tag-Alongs

Paper: Stampin' Up Bordering Blue (long retired) and a long-ago pattern in So Saffron

23 comments:

I'm with Sherry - I'd take that adorable mouse and its polka-dot trimmings any day! Your card is quite charming, and in the 'world of whimsical' (which I believe we card-makers venture into, frequently), the wee mouse is perfect for a baby card! It's right up there with 'baby' elephants, giraffes, hippos! Your card has majorly brightened our gloomy, snowy day - THANK YOU!!c

You are right Kim, this card is so cute! And mouse is the cutest! Love the Candi Dots too! I think you can give this card to a friend or little kid. This mouse also look like a mouse we use on the computer, so someone who uses computers a lot will love this card too! I think it looks amazing without a sentiment the way it is! This is a beauty of handmade cards! :)

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